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Want to buy a bluegrass radio station in DC?

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Posted on July 7, 2016 at 12:18:00
jec01
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 WAMU-FM has announced that they're cutting loose their Bluegrass/Country station. If you want to buy it, see the Request for Proposals linked at the press release.

Note that the station's vinyl library was meticulously digitized by inmate Sam A a couple of years ago.

Happy listening,

Jim

"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno

 

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RE: Want to buy a bluegrass radio station in DC?, posted on July 7, 2016 at 13:35:52
genungo
 Only if Dolly Parton comes with it.

 

RE: Want to buy a bluegrass radio station in DC?, posted on July 7, 2016 at 16:59:28
Awe-d-o-file
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 She might. I bet Bluegrass turns her on.......

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Let's put it this way, posted on July 7, 2016 at 18:04:09
jec01
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 Owning a bluegrass station would give you a better shot with Dolly Parton than anything anybody on this board has.

Happy listening,

Jim

"The passage of my life is measured out in shirts."
- Brian Eno

 

Here real, true love has always been Bluegrass Music, posted on July 7, 2016 at 18:40:24
genungo
 She did the Mainstream Country Pop thing in order to make a living. But after that phase of her life was over she had a partial breast reduction done and concentrated on the Bluegrass continuum.

I don't know of a more perfect female Country/Bluegrass album than "The Grass is Blue". Sublime in it's genre, if there is a better album of this sort out there I'd sure like to know about it...

 

RE: Let's put it this way, posted on July 7, 2016 at 18:50:04
genungo
 She's married as far as I know, but I sure wouldn't mind having her "hang around" the station from time to time...

 

Thanks!, posted on July 10, 2016 at 17:34:16
SamA
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 Thanks for remembering my volunteer work at Bluegrass Country. While I did catalog the entire LP collection and got the Album Cover of the Day rolling on Twitter, I made only a dent in digitizing the collection.

I hope someone else got to do more of it because it is an amazing collection - lots of out of print, mom and pop shop issues, radio promos, etc. Stuff you could never find today if you had to, I would guess.

Now, I have to admit I never met Dolly at the station either. But ... I got to see and hear and say hello to a lot of stars visiting the station for in-house performances and/or interviews.

It was - and remains - a great place. I hope they end up in good hands.

 

RE: Thanks!, posted on July 13, 2016 at 18:14:26
JURB
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 I don't know about y'all, but I really doubt DC has a huge bluegrass market. If you buy it, change the genre. Unfortunately, business is business.

 

Bluegrass is probably the least popular genre, almost anywhere you go, posted on July 13, 2016 at 19:37:47
genungo
 The market for Bluegrass music is definitely a niche. And yet, Dolly Parton somehow fits in that niche.

Miracles do happen!

 

I'm going to buy it and make it into a top 40 station!, posted on July 25, 2016 at 01:21:40
MannyE
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 Is what the asshole that buys it is going to say... lol

I hope that doesn't happen.

 

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